For the past four days, the northeastern United States has seen unseasonably cool temperatures and at least for today, it is damp as well. As I posted earlier today in my August 21st report, raw conditions can be felt in the New York City metropolitan area with rain and readings only in the upper 50s to low 60s. It sure felt like a fall preview around here.
This rare occasion where the jetstream is parked to the south in the mid-Atlantic region and a stationary front down there as well, refreshing Canadian air has filtered into the region. We are at least 20° below normal for a typical day in the second half of August (normal high temperature at Central Park is 82°). However, summer will make a big comeback by the upcoming weekend with temperatures around 90°. For now, rain will remain in the forecast through the rest of today and tonight before conditions improve for tomorrow in New York. While the threat of showers and thunderstorms are possible on Thursday, it will be warmer as readings will return to normal in the low 80s.
What is in store as we close out August? I still cannot believe September is around the corner. I have to admit it has been a better summer than we average here. It could be a lot worse, just go to Memphis with their just-broken streak of 8 straight days of record-high temperatures of at least 100° (August 9th to August 17th) where only one of them didn't set a new daily record.
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